3/31/2023 0 Comments Chinatown seattle dim sum![]() We ordered a rice roll and I was pleasantly surprised to see it used purple rice, as it’s hard to find rice rolls with purple rice. Soon after we ordered, I heard the staff talking and realized they weren’t Taiwanese, but were Cantonese. Most chinatowns have a higher Cantonese population and usually don’t have much of a Taiwanese population.īut it’s hard for me to resist Taiwanese food, especially when there was an article posted outside their door talking about their famous stinky tofu. If I wanted to eat, I should have probably tried many of the other numerous restaurants I had passed, many of them Cantonese. We initially did not plan on eating in Chinatown, but when I happened upon a Taiwanese restaurant, I couldn’t help but wander in. We got a matcha one and a vanilla bean one. ![]() Inside, I spotted a Beard Papa’s, and of course had to stop for cream puffs. There is also a large shopping center, Uwajimaya, which has a food court,a Kinokuniya bookstore, and a large grocery store. Usually they are cheaper in Chinatown, but they were a lot more expensive than I am used to. I stepped inside one chinese bakery and was really surprised by how expenisve the breads and pastries were. There were the typical chinese bakeries, grocery stores. Definitely not like the extremely crowded Chinatowns of San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City. The Chinatown in Seattle was pretty deserted. There is an even a free bus downtown that you can take to reach Chinatown. ![]() I didn’t even know Seattle had a Chinatown until I opened my tourist map and saw Chinatown as one of the features. I like to go to the different Chinatowns when I travel, just to see and compare them. ![]() On my trip to Seattle, I was able to fit in an afternoon visit to Chinatown. ![]()
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